About the Team

Phil Southall

Phil’s background is the independent music scene, having setup the famous 3 Beat record label and shop.

He soon became disillusioned with the music industry, yet still loved the interaction with the public and so set up Lark Lane Gallery.

It was at this shop he met his future wife, and through a shared interest in seaside nostalgia, Butlins Holiday Camp memorabilia and Festival of Britain Design it led to the opening of Larks and now GASP.

Jill Southall

Jill has been collecting antiques from a young age.

Her years working as a cabin service director on Concorde and 747’s enabled her to indulge in her passion for collecting curios and objets d’art.

She made full use of her cargo concession bringing back chrome beds from Barcelona, station clocks and wind up gramophones from Bombay and great kitsch items from flea markets across the USA.

This knowledge, passion and love of everything from clashing 1970’s fabric to Victorian chintz has developed into GASP.